I’m in one of those quiet times when I think about things to write, and sometimes even write them, but I don’t post. So the blog is quiet. This is not an apology. I’ve decided that irregular blogging doesn’t require apology. It usually means we’re living more outside the blog or the Internet, and that is often for the best.
We’re getting our typical early fall weather, which isn’t really fall at all, but an evaporated extension of summer. A few cool, rainy days fooled us into thinking this autumn might turn out otherwise, but not so. Now we’re getting the really dry weather that saps the moisture out of every living thing, including me. My skin doesn’t like it, my hair doesn’t like it, and neither does the rest of me. Every contact with a metal object results in a little blue spark, making me cautious and twitchy. Maybe that caution extends to writing and is what keeps me from posting.
This is the time of year that I envy those who live where fall turns spectacular colors. Here we get drab yellowing, and maybe a little dull orange if the leaves don’t dry up and blow away in a Santa Ana wind before they have a chance to turn. I love fall colors, so I gravitate toward pictures of true autumn, and I’m grateful to all the bloggers in other places who share their photos of fall. Fall is my favorite season, and I crave as much as I can get.
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I love the fall colors but hate the cold and snow which eventually follow. We’ve been having record breaking heat this past week in the northeast with temps in the upper eighties. It’s weird seeing yellow leaves falling when it is 87 on the thermometer. The real display hasn’t quite started. It seems to get later every year. The mountains here become incredible works of art, yet a painting of them would just look garish.
I totally agree. One shouldn’t apologize for sporadic blogging. Why it is downright virtuous to only blog when you are really inspired!
Comment by Eric Mayer — October 9, 2007 @ 8:09 pm
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It’s nice to hear from you. We are getting a preview of autumn here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It’s pretty, but a bit sparse.
I think I should start a course called, “Blogging Should Be Fun”. It’s nice to hear from you when the mood strikes.
Have a wonderful evening.
Cas
Comment by cassie-b — October 10, 2007 @ 3:25 pm
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I am so ready for a hint of cooler weather. It changes your whole mood. Get into the Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed deal.
Comment by Creechman — October 13, 2007 @ 4:10 am
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Eric — I hope your heat wave is over by now. Yesterday our weather changed, with clouds piling up all day. I woke up this morning to a cool, gentle rain. I’m loving it.
Cas — You should! You seem to know how to keep it fun.
Creechman — I just want fall to last for a few months. I’m not anywhere near ready for the holiday madness to begin. That happens to be my favorite old holiday movie, though.
Comment by Barbara — October 13, 2007 @ 10:04 am
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The mountains are hinting at fall and will soon be ablaze in color. It really is glorious. Wish you were here.
Comment by Reenie — October 16, 2007 @ 4:35 am